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Jesus said His followers would face persecution and should pray that their fleeing would not be on the Sabbath. The Bible clearly teaches that those who keep God’s commandments will be persecuted (Revelation 12:17; 14:12-13), and the Sabbath is one of them (Exodus 20:8). In the 19th century, Seventh-day Adventist Ellen G. White predicted that a ‘National Sunday Law’ would originate in the United States which would result in the persecution of Sabbath keepers around the world–is that consistent with Bible prophecy? The original Christians kept the Sabbath. When and why did the Greco-Roman Catholics adopt Sunday? Was cowardice during the reign of Emperor Hadrian a factor? What about the sun worshiping, cross promoting, Emperor Constantine and his ‘Edict Against Heretics’? Were the faithful grouped with the unfaithful by him? Did Pope Gregory I denounce Sabbath promoters as the “preachers of Antichrist” in an official papal pronouncement? Were many supposedly killed as Jews during the Spanish Inquisition actually Christians and others who kept the Sabbath? Have some Greco-Roman Catholic prophecies related to the final Antichrist been misapplied to be against Jesus when He returns? Might some of them also been misapplied by referring to the coming two witnesses of Revelation 11 as false prophets? Does the New Testament enjoin the Sabbath? Are Gentiles prophesied to keep the Sabbath? Do some Greco-Roman Catholic prophecies teach that those who have crosses on their foreheads will fight against those who do not have them? Is there an Eastern Orthodox prophecy against a former Roman Catholic who lived in the ‘five cities’ who advocates the Sabbath? Is a public executioner of the Sabbatians (Sabbath keepers) prophesied? Do the prophesies in Revelation and Daniel support the view of two different times of murderous persecution, with the second period lasting 3 1/2 years (time, times, and half a time) or 42 months? Does the Bible show that true Christians will be beheaded in Revelation 20? Does the Bible show that true Christians (such as Philadelphian ones) will be burnt to death? If so, are there any Greco-Roman prophecies or past practices consistent with that? What is the only doctrine of Antichrist listed in the latest ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’? Are there ties between the Sabbath and the millennium and a 6000/7000 year plan? Did the old Radio/Worldwide Church of God tie the prophecies in Daniel 11:32-35 to end time Philadelphian Christians? Could the ‘Great Monarch’ of Greco-Roman Catholic prophecies be the coming European King of the North Beast power that the Bible warns against? Will there be false Christians who pretend that they are real true Church of God Christians? What day of the week did the original catholic church honor? When will persecutions against Sabbath keepers end? Does the Bible show that Jesus will return, establish the kingdom of God to rule the earth, and bless those that keep the Sabbath? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more.
A written article of related interest is available titled ‘Prophecies Showing Persecution of Sabbath Keepers’ URL: Prophecies Showing Coming Persecution of Sabbath Keepers
Sermon video link: Sabbath Persecution Prophecies - YouTube
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